Outdoor and Environmental Studies VCE Past Paper PDF 2024

SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HERE Write your student number in the boxes above. Letter Outdoor and Environmental Studies Question and Answer Book VCE Examination – Day Date...

SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HERE Write your student number in the boxes above. Letter Outdoor and Environmental Studies Question and Answer Book VCE Examination – Day Date Month Year  Reading time is 15 minutes: — to — Writing time is 2 hours: — to — Materials supplied Question and Answer Book of 20 pages Additional space is available at the end of this book if you need extra space to complete an answer. Instructions Write your student number in the boxes above. Write your responses in English. Students are not permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.  Contents  pages Section A (12 questions, 75 marks)  2–13 Section B (1 question, 15 marks)  14–18 March 2024 © VCAA 2024 Page 2 of 20 Section A VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies Section A Instructions Answer all questions in the spaces provided.  Question 1 (6 marks) a. Outline the custodianship that Indigenous Peoples have with outdoor environments. 2 marks     b. Analyse how Indigenous Peoples’ custodianship relationship with Country influenced the formation of a land and water council. 4 marks  Do not write in this area.        March 2024  VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies Section A Page 3 of 20 Question 2 (6 marks) Discuss the change in the relationship between a specific Indigenous People and an outdoor environment prior to colonisation and during the last decade.          Do not write in this area.    March 2024 Page 4 of 20 Section A VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies Question 3 (4 marks) Select a historical environmental campaign by ticking (✓) the box beside it. □ Lake Pedder □ Franklin River □ Little Desert Analyse how your selected environmental campaign influenced a historical government policy or a political party.       Do not write in this area.   Question 4 (5 marks) Compare how two economic relationships have influenced an outdoor environment you have visited or studied this year, using specific examples.           March 2024  VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies Section A Page 5 of 20 Question 5 (6 marks) Select one of the following political parties by ticking (✓) the box beside it. □ Australian Labor Party □ Liberal–National Coalition □ The Australian Greens Outline an environmental issue in the last decade in Australia and analyse, using examples, an environmental policy that your selected political party has implemented in response to it.       Do not write in this area.       March 2024 Page 6 of 20 Section A VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies Question 6 (6 marks) Sustainability Environmental Economic Social Source: adapted from https://www.thwink.org/sustain/glossary/ThreePillarsOfSustainability.htm The above diagram shows the three pillars of sustainability. Explain the meaning of two of the pillars and why they are interdependent.  Do not write in this area.            March 2024  VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies Section A Page 7 of 20 Question 7 (6 marks) Create two possible solutions for improving the health of an environment visited or studied this year, with reference to observable characteristics.          Do not write in this area.    March 2024 Page 8 of 20 Section A VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies Question 8 (8 marks) a. Discuss the impact of one environmental threat on outdoor environments.  3 marks       b. Justify why the health of an outdoor environment you have visited or studied this year is important for individuals now and in the future. 5 marks   Do not write in this area.         March 2024  VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies Section A Page 9 of 20 Question 9 (6 marks) Outline a local, national and international mitigation strategy to combat climate change. Local:     National:     Do not write in this area. International:     March 2024 Page 10 of 20 Section A VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies Question 10 (8 marks) a. Describe how a community action sustains a specific outdoor environment. 3 marks       b. Select two individual actions to sustain healthy outdoor environments by ticking (✓) the boxes beside them. □ environmental activism □ environmental advocacy □ ethical and sustainable consumerism □ green home design Do not write in this area. Compare how your two selected individual actions sustain healthy outdoor environments. 5 marks           March 2024  VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies Section A Page 11 of 20 Question 11 (6 marks) Explain two current management strategies Indigenous Peoples use to manage and sustain outdoor environments.          Do not write in this area.    March 2024 Page 12 of 20 Section A VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies Question 12 (8 marks) Select one Act or convention by ticking (✓) the box beside it. □ Flora and Fauna Guarantee Amendment Act 2019 (Vic) □ Ramsar Convention (international treaty, 1971) □ Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) □ Victorian Environmental Assessment Council Act 2001 □ Planning and Environment Act 1987 (Vic) a. Explain how your selected Act or convention is effective in managing the health of a species or ecological community within an environment you have visited or studied this year. 3 marks     Do not write in this area.   March 2024  VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies Section A Page 13 of 20 b. Referencing your response in part a, propose changes to your selected Act or convention to more effectively manage this species or ecological community. 5 marks           Do not write in this area. March 2024 End of Section A Page 14 of 20 Section B VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies Section B Instructions Answer the question in the space provided.  Question 1 (15 marks) Image A: Goldrush at Golden Point, Forest Creek,1858 Do not write in this area. Image B: Nordic Bowl, Falls Creek, Ski de Femme (women’s cross-country skiing event), 2016 Image C: Tree planting by Friends of the Merri Creek, 2014 Source Image A: https://victoriancollections.net.au/stories/early-photographs---gold, (Courtesy of State Library Victoria) Source Image B: https://www.flickr.com/photos/murrayvalleybushwalkers/28916564296; © Photo Tony Marsh; licensed CC-BY-NC-SA Source Image C: https://www.flickr.com/photos/81043308@N00/15013080821; © Photo John Englart; licensed CC-BY March 2024  VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies Section B Page 15 of 20 The use and sustainability of outdoor environments have changed significantly since colonisation. Write a response that explores how the use of outdoor environments has changed since colonisation. In your response: describe the human relationships in the images of Golden Point, Falls Creek and Merri Creek. compare the sustainability of the relationships at Golden Point, Falls Creek and Merri Creek with similar human relationships from outdoor environments that you have visited or studied this year.        Do not write in this area.                   March 2024 Question 1 continues on the next page. Page 16 of 20 Section B VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies            Do not write in this area.                  March 2024  VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies Section B Page 17 of 20            Do not write in this area.                  March 2024 Question 1 continues on the next page. Page 18 of 20 Section B VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies            Do not write in this area.   March 2024 End of examination questions  VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies Page 19 of 20 Extra space for responses Clearly number all responses in this space           Do not write in this area.                  March 2024 © Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority 2024